I turned off BingeOn in January and my YouTube App video quality went back to normal plus I was able to manually pick if I wanted 720p, 1080p and so on. As of yesterday whenever I try to to change the video quality in the YouTube app I get "Manual quality selection over cellular network is not supported" which sucks! Why do I pay all the money for this iPhone 6s Plus to watch videos in crappy low resolution? I don't care about the unlimited data plan BingeOn feature because I have unlimited data on my account!!!

I know all about Binge On and how it works plus I've used used #264# on my phone and it says "Binge On is currently disabled" but I still get the same message when I try to change the video quality in the YouTube app? The little "gear" that you use to change the video quality is grayed out. I even deleted the app and it's still the same?

It says it's disabled on my account also? I used the #263# again to see if that does anything but if not I don't really know what I can do besides call customer care I guess. This just started happening about 2 days ago which I thought was weird.

Well I just went into the Apple app store and checked when the latest version was released by checking the "Version History" at the bottom of the YouTube app in the Apple app store and yes it says version 11.10 was released on March 22, 2016 so that could be my issue?

I'm surprised no one else with an iPhone has run into this problem yet unless it's just something on my account?

It kind of coincides with Google doing their own network optimization for BingeOn. There may be a few bugs and may need to bring it up with Google and YouTube app can be updated in the sense of the backend which we'll never see.

I don't care about the unlimited data plan BingeOn feature because I have unlimited data on my account!!!

No such thing as "unlimited data". Keep watching 1080p youtube videos and you'll be getting throttled down in a few days. You are paying for "unlimited data" but not for "unlimited data at LTE Speeds". Data at 2G speeds is useless for watching videos as you simply can not watch videos w/ 2G speeds, what your speed would be after using 25GB of LTE data with your data plan.

It does make great "Development sense" to auto adjust resolution of videos while on a cellular network, otherwise you'd be buffering the 1080p content for 7 hours to watch a 2 min video if your connection is slow, spotty or constantly being handed over (travelling). Surely it is not something favorable from the end user point of view, as every single customer have a unique use scenario. Developers tend to oversimplify use scenarios, I know for a fact

I've never gone over 7GB of data in a month and that was with using YouTube, watching videos at 1080p and using other data intensive apps all the time with my normal usage habits, that's why I don't carry about the data. My videos didn't buffer that much on LTE speeds here in Las Vegas, Nevada where I live and I got a good connection. I can see where you're going but at the end of the day I have my phone with it's HD screen for a reason and if I get a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge or whatever comes out in the future then I want to use it the way it was intended. If I want to watch videos in HD then let me watch them in HD, if I go over my data plan I'II deal with it and pay for it. To go from using YouTube the way I did before to now watching video in crappy low resolution is horrible. My friends have AT&T and Verizon and they watch YouTube videos at 1440p on their phones over cellular data with no issues at all so please don't tell me over wise .

I'm not mad at you so sorry to make it seem that way but I used to work at AT&T from 2005 to 2012 as a sales representative so I know how data plans work, I sold phones and setup plans for years. When I had AT&T (personal line not my work phone) I used my unlimited data plan and never went over 8GB - 9GB every month. I never had an issue using my LTE data speeds and watching YouTube videos at 1440p resolution and using other data intensive apps ever. I only left AT&T because my bill was too high for the services I was getting and T-Mobile had unlimited data plans still so I switched last year. Everything was great until T-Mobile launched this Binge On program and then I had issues with my data streaming speeds with T-Mobile, it went away since then but now it's back again and that's why I'm upset.

There was just a post on another forum complaining Amazon Video used 3GB of data in about 40 minutes. If you really do watch 1080p content a lot, I can not imagine not getting to tens of GBs of data without Binge On. That was my assumption but your experience preceeds my assumptions.

I never used data that fast, seems weird to use that much in 40 minutes but I tend to watch quick little videos which never really amounted to much data on my part. I think I may have found the issue -YouTube and Google Play Join T-Mobile's 'Binge On' - Fortune and this just happened on March 18th, 2016. I upgraded my phone but hated it so I returned it and switched back to my iPhone 6s Plus on Monday. I wonder if making that switch and Google joining the Binge On Program is why I'm having this issue? My Binge On is turned off for sure; I checked on my phone, over the phone with T-Mobile Customer Care and in person at the T-Mobile store today. No one knows what the problem is but I've seen other people in forums online having problems now also. Maybe it's a staggered rollout and because I switched phones recently I'm seeing the problem first? I hope its just something wrong with my account only but I don't know now.

I mention that earlier Google is in control on their end. T-Mobile is hands off as part of how they got Google on board. If there is a problem you have to bring it up with Google.

Right now I have BingeOn off on my iPhone 6 line and I tested it out (at work developer) and no trouble at all. Waiting for some coworkers to come in and see if they can test theirs. Not sure when they'll be in IF they come in. Had a wicked party last night before some of us ship to Korea for a major project.

No my video quality over cellular data is still horrible while using the YouTube app. On Wi-Fi its fine but it over cellular data that matters to me because showing someone a video in 400p is the worst on my iPhone 6s Plus screen. I need the ability to watch YouTube videos at 1080p over cellular data like I did in the past.

I agree that this would be worth bringing to Google's attention. According to their support doc, there isn't a way to change the quality while connected to the cellular network. If you have a fast data connection over the cellular network, it appears that the video quality would automatically adjust.

Ha! I don't believe I've heard you mention that! In my opinion, it would be a good idea to include it when connected to a mobile network. It'll give the people the choice on the kind of experience they want to have. Those are just my thoughts on it.

I'm on iOS version 9.3 which just came out, new SIM card, IMEI is correct on my account and showing the correct phone, Binge On turned off and verified multiple times, deleted and reinstalled YouTube app, YouTube app settings triple checked...don't know what else to do besides wait? I'm fairly tech savvy but I'm not getting anywhere, this just started happening on Tuesday or that's at least when I noticed. Also I turned Binge On off when they first launched the program because I was put on it automatically and everything went back to normal within minutes. When I checked my account on Tuesday Binge On was still off but I keep getting that error I explained in the first post, it's weird.

I've never gone over 7GB of data in a month and that was with using YouTube, watching videos at 1080p and using other data intensive apps all the time with my normal usage habits, that's why I don't carry about the data. My videos didn't buffer that much on LTE speeds here in Las Vegas, Nevada where I live and I got a good connection. I can see where you're going but at the end of the day I have my phone with it's HD screen for a reason and if I get a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge or whatever comes out in the future then I want to use it the way it was intended. If I want to watch videos in HD then let me watch them in HD, if I go over my data plan I'II deal with it and pay for it. To go from using YouTube the way I did before to now watching video in crappy low resolution is horrible. My friends have AT&T and Verizon and they watch YouTube videos at 1440p on their phones over cellular data with no issues at all so please don't tell me over wise .

Also did you go into settings of the YouTube app and turned off limit mobile data usage? It forces the app to not show anything over 480P iirc and doesn't give the option to go higher resolutions. Also do the APN thing. Your overall speeds will thank you later.